Question

A German-born diplomat in this polity earned the title “Holder of the Heavens” for negotiating peace treaties alongside James Logan. (-5[1])This polity used “Condolence Canes” to record succession amongst its rulers. (-5[1])The legendary creation of this polity occurred after its leaders uprooted a pine tree and cast all their weapons into the hole. (10[3])A “half-king” (10[1])in this polity named (10[1])Tanacharison conducted trade and diplomacy at Logstown before his arrest by Governor (10[1])Duquesne (10[1])(“doo-KANE”). A speech given by a leader in this polity at the Treaty (10[2])of Lancaster apocryphally inspired the plan to unify the colonies (10[1])at the Albany (10[1])Congress. (10[3])A (10[1])“Great Peacemaker” (10[6])and Hiawatha (10[1])were semi-mythical (10[1])founders of, for 10 points, (10[1])what (10[1]-5[1])northeastern (10[1])Native American (10[3])confederacy? (10[2])■END■ (10[3])

ANSWER: Iroquois Confederacy [or Iroquois League; accept Haudenosaunee, Five Nations, or Six Nations; accept Mingo; prompt on Mohawk or Kanyen’kehà:ka, Seneca or Onödowáʼga, Onondaga or Onontaerrhonon or Onoñda’gegá’’ by asking “what larger polity were they part of?”] (The diplomat in the first line is Conrad Weiser.)
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Summary

2024 ACF Winter at Clemson2024-11-16Y8100%0%0%98.88
2024 ACF Winter at Lehigh2024-11-16Y7100%0%0%99.57
2024 ACF Winter at Northwestern2024-11-16Y9100%0%11%92.89
2024 ACF Winter at Ohio State2024-11-16Y7100%0%29%90.00
2024 ACF Winter at UBC2024-11-16Y3100%0%0%82.33

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Prahalad Rao (DII)Ohio State B (DII)CWRU C (UG)19-5
Akshar GoyalUIUC APurdue A30-5
June YinWashU BIndiana A5210
Arthur Stadlin (DII)Ohio State A (UG)Kenyon A (UG)5210
Jacob Evans (DII)Michigan State C (UG)Kenyon B (DII)5210
Matthew Wang (UG)UBC AUW B5410
Patrick MinskerUIUC BUChicago C5810
Arhith DharanendraGeorgia Tech FAlabama A7010
Liam StarnesUChicago BUChicago A7110
Simon EmmanuelRutgers ARutgers C8310
ZacPitt AMichigan B8310
Cooper RohColumbia ABard A9310
Anne Fjeld (DII)AlbertaUBC B9610
Jeffry XuGeorgia Tech BAuburn C9710
Aditya ShivaswamyJohns Hopkins APenn A9710
Truman Fillbrandt (UG)UW ASFU9710
Teigue KellyPenn State ARowan A9810
Tianyu XuGeorgia Tech ATusculum A10010
Luke ZhangEmory AAuburn B10010
Will HughesAuburn ATennesse B10010
Martin BrandenburgGeorgia ATennesse A10010
Vedh RameshPenn BColumbia B10010
Jisoo ParkUIUC CPurdue B10010
Sam Wang (UG)Pitt B (UG)Michigan A10210
Francis BernhardtMiamiUChicago D10410
Arunn SankarGeorgia Tech CClemson A10910
Stephen WalshNorthwestern APurdue C11010
Joe Paterson (UG)Michigan State B (UG)Michigan D (DII)110-5
Peter Zeng (DII)Ohio State C (DII)CWRU D (DII)11110
Arjun BothraHaverford ALehigh A11310
Thomas FlexerPenn State BJohns Hopkins B11310
Davis JohnsonPurdue DUIUC D11310
Theodor MartinWashU DWashU C11410
Nitin MurthyPurdue AUIUC A11410
Tegan KapadiaGeorgia Tech DSouth Carolina A11510
Daniel Huang (DII)Michigan D (DII)Michigan State B (UG)11510
Oliver Thompson (DII)CWRU C (UG)Ohio State B (DII)11510